Okay, well the day has come… Im afraid this poor soul has swapped back to Windows, its not as bad as it seems, im not using Vista (or by its more commonly known name, ‘that useless piece of crap’). But given my heavy reliance on MS server side services, such as exchange running OS X was proving to be more of a secondary OS anyway, most my time was being spent in a VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine of Windows anyway, primarily for the use of Office 2007. Yea i know Office 2008 has been released now, but between me and you, i dont really thing Microsoft cared too much about making it as good as their native version, sorry if i spilled the beans on that little trade secret !…
But, im moving away from my main topic… A few weeks ago i posted a review of Mars Edit, an OS X blog editor which i was evaluating for use with wordpress (yea this blog is wordpress, surprised lol) and its features. Well, ill take this opportunity to say that if i was still using OS X (which i am, on my Macbook Pro) as my blogging workstation, id definatly of shelled out the cash to buy that little application… It made the process of adding new content totally seamless, it even managed to upload images and other digital content around the madness which is the unite (halls of student residence) firewall, which blocks pretty much everything other than MSN and web traffic lol !
Well, back on windows now and iv lost access to this little app of dreams, so this left me with the choice of either going back to the wonderful wordpress editing page (which loads slower than my first 66Mhz PC and looks almost as ugly) or finding somthing similar for the Windows platform, well here it is… Microsoft Windows Live Writer currently still in BETA, but very versatile… offering many of the same features as Mars Edit, obviously not quite as intuitive to use, some bits are hidden away from the user and you need to go hunting (but thats just Microsoft being Microsoft)… Iv only been using this app for a few days now, and thus far its worked fantastic for my needs. Aimed at editing Windows Live blog pages primarily, the application lends well to wordpress intergration and seems to loose no functionailty in the process… Images, Catagories, themes, all the stuff is their again at your fingertips… Would definatly reccomend it for anyone running a wordpress site and running any Windows Platform system….
Ever had to copy a bunch of files from one location on your local hard drive to another place with a lot of files with the same name? Well there are really only two options that you have when there are files with the same name: either replace the destination files or leave the destination files as they are and only copy the new files.
By default, when you are copying files and there is a name conflict, Windows gives you the option to replace all of the destination files with the “Yes to All” button in the Confirm File Replace dialog box.
That’s a nice feature because clicking Yes to All will not bring up the Confirm File Replace dialog box again for any other name conflicts. However, you may have noticed that there is no “No to All” button listed! Maybe I want to only copy the new files and not overwrite the current files in the destination location.
As of right now, I would have to sit there and press No each time there was a file name conflict. This would be a royal pain if I had hundreds or thousands of files to replace. So can anything be done?
Luckily, there is still a stealthy way to tell Windows not to overwrite all the files with name conflicts and thereby skip them over. You can create this “No to All” functionality by simply pressing and holding the SHIFT key when you click the No button in the Confirm File Replace dialog box.
That’s it! Now you will only be asked once to not overwrite the destination files instead of each time. I believe that this issue is not a problem in Windows Vista since it gives you more advanced options when copying files, but it’s a great trick to know in Windows XP!
Okay, being a immigrant into the world of apple equipment (officially have my green card though now) i cant completely say iv given up sucking at the tit of Microsoft, im afraid to say it, but theirs still some stuff which can be done on Windows that would either take longer on a mac, or just aint possible… so with this in mind u understand my frequent use of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client for MAC. Currently in use to access several Windows 2003 based servers i oversee, as well as my parents machine back home, which as most IT guys will sympathise with, breaks down more often than Britney Spears in court ! But… that said, onto the real scoop !
Can anyone please tell me why Microsoft in their infinite wisdom thought it would be a good idea to hard code the deadline of their final release of RDC into the beta… so that millions of users around the world start getting the above dialogue box as soon as they open the client…
Oh but wait, there’s more… here’s the real fun part, the final release isnt even ready yet, according to Microsoft spokespeople, its not even close and has been delayed months (for what reason i have no idea, as far as im concerned, the BETA works fine…). So, in the meantime, it looks like we have 2 options, 1. downgrade to the old version of RDC which sucked big fat hairy monkey nuts, cus of its slow loading time and crappy interface… or 2. stick around with the current BETA and have the annoying message shoved in our face every-time we open it…
Well, looks like im gonna be seeing that message a lot, great fun ! but hey, its Microsoft, im used to stupid design decisions and disappointment !
Well, despite all the news we heard about Microsoft pulling the plug on our good and dear friend XP, it seems their plans have changed once again… Not really a surprise since, well lets face it, their best OS on the market at the moment is XP…
Its also not too surprising that this news revelation from MS is coupled with the announcement that Windows 7 will now not be being released until 2010, so XP will be living till around the same time…
Though i kinda find it hard to believe that;
A) Vista will be a working Operating System by 2010 (working enough to be classed as a viable replacement for XP)
B) Microsoft will be willing even in 2010 to drop XP, because lets face it, its prob still gonna be their best OS
C) More than likely Windows 7 will be delayed at least twice more after this announcement, so we shouldn’t really expect it till late 2011 !
Its not that i don’t have faith in Microsoft (sorry, had to stop in the middle of that statement to laugh), but they seriously don’t have the best track record for keeping their deadlines, and even when they do, their communication with the rest of the industry is so poor they might as well be using strings and cups !
